ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 processors in mainland China in recent weeks, the Financial Times reported, marking the clearest sign yet that Beijing’s import reviews are translating into meaningful deliveries after months of regulatory uncertainty.

Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Conference on August 18, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang urged engineering experts to adopt a broader, more humanistic perspective when re-evaluating the transformations brought by AI.

Taiwan’s Tatung held an earnings call on August 18, during which company president Sung-pin Chang stated that the group’s self-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center proof of concept (PoC) has entered the manufacturing stage, with units being sent to project sites for testing starting this month. The overall build is expected to be completed in September 2026, with further results related to its AIDC revealed at a later time. The group also announced it has successfully secured an order from an edge AI customer.